1973 Australian price control referendum

Constitution Alteration (Prices) 1973 was an Australian referendum held in the 1973 referendums which sought to alter the Australian Constitution to give the Commonwealth legislative power over prices.

Question

Do you approve the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled "An Act to alter the Constitution so as to enable the Australian Parliament to control prices"?

Results

Result

State	On rolls	Ballots issued	For		Against		Invalid
				%		%
New South Wales	2,827,989	2,618,673	1,257,499	48.55%	1,332,485	51.45%	28,689
Victoria	2,129,494	2,001,924	891,144	45.18%	1,081,120	54.82%	29,660
Queensland	1,128,417	1,055,299	402,506	38.47%	643,770	61.53%	9,023
South Australia	737,573	700,333	282,754	41.16%	404,181	58.84%	13,398
Western Australia	588,789	542,122	169,605	31.90%	362,121	68.10%	10,396
Tasmania	241,207	229,016	85,631	38.22%	138,416	61.78%	4,969
Australian Total	7,653,469	7,147,367	3,089,139	43.81%	3,962,093	56.19%	96,135
Obtained majority in no State and an overall minority of 872,954 votes.
Not carried

See also

• Another question was put to the people on the same day, Australian referendum, 1973 (Incomes)